The Red Sox fell 5-4 to the Mariners last night. And I looked at the video of what I’ve been doing recently. Every time he comes to talk to me, I do everything good. And that’s exactly what the Boston Herald did with a headline after Abad got roughed up in his Red Sox debut. Guy had a great game by all accounts, throwing eight innings, striking out eight, and giving up four hits and a walk. He was able to use that slider down and in, and sort of a little, shorter slider up in their hands. “The biggest thing is we’re a lot more consistent”. They were the only three hits allowed by Porcello until Zunino’s single in the eighth. When I took off after him (running toward), I just try to see if he might slip or fall or something and then I could beat him back to the bag. The young guy was pitching his mind off, and here he is entering the sixth inning still down 1-0, because the Red Sox couldn’t muster any semblance of offense against Iwakuma.
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It got hairy, however, before it ended.
Though he has yet to play the position in professional ball in the United States, Yoan Moncada says that he played third base for two years with his Cuban club, Cienfuegos.
“Miranda, we didn’t know what to expect there”, Seattle manager Scott Servais said.
Though he has played mostly second base in his so-far brief but meteoric minor league career in the Red Sox system, Moncada has reportedly been working out at third base prior to Portland games – with third base a weak spot for the Boston offense in the 2016 season. Brock Holt delivered the go-ahead RBI, singling on a ground ball up the middle just off the glove of a diving Shawn O’Malley, which allowed Shaw to score easily.
But Diaz closed it out by retiring Sandy Leon on a grounder to second.
“I was just looking for something over the plate”, said Cano, who was 1 for 11 in his career against Abad.
With the game headed to extra innings, the Mariners called on Triple-A arm Blake Parker for his first major league inning since 2014.
Win the game and it was stealing a series win against a playoff-caliber team and moving to three games back in the wild-card race.
Cruz’s leadoff homer in the second inning opened the scoring. Mariners RF/DH Nelson Cruz is 1-for-10 in the series – the hit being his 27th homer of the season during Wednesday’s game.2. And Lind kept his fly ball fair down the right field line to give Seattle a 3-0 lead. Iwakuma and the bullpen took it from there.
“I thought he had good stuff – he was erratic obviously with the number of walks issued”, said manager John Farrell. “He was in command the entire time he was on the mound”.
For an instant, it appeared the game was tied. That the Mariners’ third hit. It went a long way.
Twins 13, Indians 5: Joe Mauer had four hits and four RBIs, Brian Dozier hit a three-run homer and Minnesota continued its mastery over Cleveland.
Finally, this sketchy reliever would be the one that blinked. He needed just 11 pitches for his final three outs.
On behalf of the Mariners, Martinez handed Ortiz a framed copy of his first professional contract that he signed on November 28, 1992, at the age of 17 years old. And there are going to be nights when he’s not going to be quite as sharp. We’ve got a very good, young and diverse lineup.
In addition to the 34 pounds of salmon that the M’s gifted Ortiz, they also presented him with some other going-away presents.
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Red Sox: RHP Rick Porcello (14-2, 3.47) is riding a six-game winning streak and is 7-0 with a 2.73 ERA over his past nine starts.
